Cavium Networks'Rajiv Khemani Climbs the Ladder to Become Company's New COO

A leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor products, Cavium Networks recently announced the appointment of Rajiv Khemani as the company’s new chief operating officer.

In a press release, the Mountain View, California based company announced that the appointment of Khemani, who previously served as Vice President and General Manager of Cavium's Networking and Communications Division, is effective immediately.  In his new role, Khemani will oversee the Networking and Communications Division and the Broadband and Consumer Division as well as manufacturing operations. He will continue to report to Syed Ali (News - Alert), chairman, president and CEO, said the sources at the company.

Cavium Networks offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software compatible processors ranging in performance from 10 Mbps to 40 Gbps that enable secure, intelligent functionality in enterprise, data-center, broadband/consumer and access and service provider equipment. As the company continues to expand its footprint in these segments, the company feels the need for a leadership that can take the organization to a new height by utilizing its world class engineering talent pool.

“We continue to expand our market footprint across enterprise, data-center, service provider and consumer segments, with an increasing breadth of intellectual property and product lines and we need to appropriately scale the organization. Going forward, the ability to efficiently utilize our world-class engineering talent across divisions will be critical as we scale Cavium to new heights. Rajiv's successful business track record, breadth of management roles and strategic acumen position him perfectly for the COO role,” Ali said in a statement.

"I am truly honored to take on this role and look forward to working with the entire Cavium team to increase synergies across our groups and continue to scale our product development and customer engagement & support capabilities," said Khemani, who has been with the company from an early startup stage..

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